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  • ‘Story of a Smock’ display at LCF Archives. Photograph by Shengdi Cui

    Curating ‘Story of a Smock: Women and Art Education in the Early 20th Century’

    Alexandra Foxwell and Chloe Gilbert share a current display at London College of Fashion Archives

  • Artwork by Jo Ann Kaplan, with preliminary sketches and handwritten planning notes. Jo Ann Kaplan Archive, Archives and Special Collections Centre, University of the Arts London. Photograph by Leola Wade

    Cataloguing the creative process of Jo Ann Kaplan

    Leola Wade shares more about the Jo Ann Kaplan archive and a recent event to share it with our communities

  • 'Anthropocentric Chaucer' curated by Colin Priest, on display from 2nd September - 15th December 2025 in the Typo Café at London College of Communication. Photo by Colin Priest

    'Anthropomorphic Chaucer' a display curated by Colin Priest

    Colin Priest, Senior Lecturer, MA Interior and Spatial Design, shares a story behind a new display of student work in response to items from our special collections at LCC.

  • Gioie e Regali, photograph by Alan Bartram, from the Central Lettering Record, Object Ref: CLR.2023.1127.M

    Into the Central Lettering Record

    Assistant Archivist for Digital Preservation and Access, Lucy Catherine Parker shares a recent project to provide digital access to parts of the Central Lettering Record